''John Cale: Inside the Dream Syndicate Volume 3, Stainless Gamelan'' or simply ''Stainless Gamelan'' (and sometimes incorrectly ''Stainless "Steel" Gamelan'', after the first track on the album) is an album by John Cale, better known for his work as the violist and founding member of

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Description

It is the fourth and final album in a loose anthology released by the independent label

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''. ''Stainless Gamelan'', along with the other albums in the trilogy, involves Cale during his tenure with the minimalist group

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Track listing

#"Stainless Steel Gamelan" - 10:25 #"At About This Time Mozart Was Dead And Joseph Conrad Was Sailing The Seven Seas Learning English" - 26:30 #"Terry's Cha-Cha" - 8:21 #"After the Locust" - 4:20 #"Big Apple Express" - 5:45

Personnel

*John Cale –

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, viola, electric piano *

Sterling Morrison Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. (August 29, 1942 – August 30, 1995) was an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock group the Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, a ...

– guitar * Angus MacLise – percussions, tambourine *

Terry Jennings Terry Jennings (19 July 1940 – 11 December 1981) was an American minimalist composer and performer. Early life in California Terry Jennings was born in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, in 1940. Coming from a background in jazz, he pla ...

– soprano saxophone *

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– thunder machine

References

{{John Cale Minimalistic compositions John Cale compilation albums Theatre of Eternal Music albums 2002 compilation albums